I was dumbfounded when I saw my wife sitting through a 1mn30s unskippable ad on whathisname (some streaming service) in the middle of her korean drama. I asked "don't you pay for this". She told me "my sister does". I went and grabbed the rest of the episodes for her on extratorrent. Unbelievable
You should probably think about private torrent sites, which is a whole subject into itself, since you need to find ones that allow public sign-ups, and then build reputation to get into better ones. There's too much to get into, but spend some time familiarizing yourself with what's out there:
Basically, the main advantage to piracy is price. No legitimate vendor is going to beat $0
It also used to be that you'd get sub-par quality compared to the physical version. However pirates have really stepped up over the last 20 years and now often offer the best version of any given media. Lossless audio and 4K video are widely available.
The place where legitimate services still beat piracy is convenience. Streaming services are easy to use, the content is always what it says it is, and people generally want to do the right thing and pay for services rather than steal them.
However, when piracy beats legit options on both price and convenience, people flock to piracy.
Regional ISP traffic scan centers have got a lot better at sniffing stuff like torrents. It's 3 cease letters and poof no more access to that ISP, with monopolies in place, that pretty much means no more Internet for you. 1 letter is usually enough to scare lay people away from doing it again, despite tools like VPNs. I realize it's common sense to us but I also get why people don't gamble with access to a basic utility.
If you're in the US, go to your local library and ask if they have a "Friends of The Library." It's where most US libraries sell their used media, including DVDs. I have about a thousand DVDs, they cost maybe $2,000, and the money went to the library.
If you're anywhere, go to this neat website called Pirate Bay, and they have almost every movie ever, completely for free -- no ads, and it's yours as long as you want to keep it.
If you want to be safe, also sign up for a VPN, so your ISP doesn't snoop on you downloading things (looking at you, Comcast). But a decent VPN is like $5-10 per year.
The actual situation is that the people who benefit from you continuing to pay for overpriced content you don't own on the internet ALSO pay bots to flood your world with overblown warnings about the dangers.
ScreenRant has confirmed with Disney that an updated Subscriber Agreement was in fact sent to Disney+ customers across Europe and not to those based in the U.S. The update does not change the viewing experience for customers on Disney+ with a Standard or Premium plan in Europe and won't impact those in the U.S.
Live content may include advertising or sponsored content. Customers may also see promotional content including trailers for upcoming Disney movies and series. -Screenrant
Yeah it's the skipable promos for their content that's been a feature on almost every ad-free tier streaming platform for years. Not defending it whatsoever, but it's not at all what people think it is. You just press 1 extra button and it plays your stuff.
Still, it is a slippery slope between this and full on cable TV ads in streaming. So it's also right for people to push back.
One of my services, peacock, I have isn't ad-free and I more and more lean towards switching to that style for all. It basically plays all the ads up front, even if you stop and come back to the movie. So I just load up whatever I'm watching and so house work and then no ads.
DVD is limited to a 4GB size, bluray bumps that to 40/80GB which allows for virtually full quality media*.
Of course your local library might not have the film/show you want or the bluray is prohibitaly expensive or not even available in your region, in which case the arrrrrr stack of software can get you what you need automagically.
::: spoiler *
Only theaters (and people willing to drop several hundred dollars) get access to the 300GB+ uncompressed movie data DCP, so a 70GB 4K bluray rip (H.265 with Dolby Vision) is indistinguishable unless you put it on a theater sized projector and painstakingly look for differences in quality.
TV Shows however don't get streamed in such high quality (and definitely not broadcast), so the bluray is the definitive top quality version of the media, and you can tell the difference in quality from a stream rip vs a bluray rip. The uncompressed version is a project file sitting on the studio's server that you will never see or practically need (unless it gets shown in theater in which case the studio may opt to make a DCP).
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DVD is limited to a 4GB size, bluray bumps that to 40/80GB which allows for virtually full quality media*.
Of course your local library might not have the film/show you want or the bluray is prohibitaly expensive or not even available in your region, in which case the arrrrrr stack of software can get you what you need automagically.
::: spoiler *
Only theaters (and people willing to drop several hundred dollars) get access to the 300GB+ uncompressed movie data DCP, so a 70GB 4K bluray rip (H.265 with Dolby Vision) is indistinguishable unless you put it on a theater sized projector and painstakingly look for differences in quality.
TV Shows however don't get streamed in such high quality (and definitely not broadcast), so the bluray is the definitive top quality version of the media, and you can tell the difference in quality from a stream rip vs a bluray rip. The uncompressed version is a project file sitting on the studio's server that you will never see or practically need (unless it gets shown in theater in which case the studio may opt to make a DCP).
I'm pretty sure there is some insane group out there that torrents DCPs but I've never seen them lol.
Personally, I just go without media nowadays. If Big Media is so obsessed with making their works unavailable to all but a few select people, then so be it - until people realize that they don't need the circus to survive, the producers will keep inflating the prices until infinity
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in reply to flandish • • • Public MessageYou should probably think about private torrent sites, which is a whole subject into itself, since you need to find ones that allow public sign-ups, and then build reputation to get into better ones. There's too much to get into, but spend some time familiarizing yourself with what's out there:
hdvinnie.github.io/Private-Trackers-Spreadsheet/
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in reply to shalafi • • • Public MessageIt's how the market shakes out.
Basically, the main advantage to piracy is price. No legitimate vendor is going to beat $0
It also used to be that you'd get sub-par quality compared to the physical version. However pirates have really stepped up over the last 20 years and now often offer the best version of any given media. Lossless audio and 4K video are widely available.
The place where legitimate services still beat piracy is convenience. Streaming services are easy to use, the content is always what it says it is, and people generally want to do the right thing and pay for services rather than steal them.
However, when piracy beats legit options on both price and convenience, people flock to piracy.
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in reply to rbb36 • • • Public MessageIf you're anywhere, go to this neat website called Pirate Bay, and they have almost every movie ever, completely for free -- no ads, and it's yours as long as you want to keep it.
If you want to be safe, also sign up for a VPN, so your ISP doesn't snoop on you downloading things (looking at you, Comcast). But a decent VPN is like $5-10 per year.
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in reply to Hackworth • • • Public MessageYeah it's the skipable promos for their content that's been a feature on almost every ad-free tier streaming platform for years. Not defending it whatsoever, but it's not at all what people think it is. You just press 1 extra button and it plays your stuff.
Still, it is a slippery slope between this and full on cable TV ads in streaming. So it's also right for people to push back.
One of my services, peacock, I have isn't ad-free and I more and more lean towards switching to that style for all. It basically plays all the ads up front, even if you stop and come back to the movie. So I just load up whatever I'm watching and so house work and then no ads.
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in reply to Scrubbles • • • Public MessageDVD is limited to a 4GB size, bluray bumps that to 40/80GB which allows for virtually full quality media*.
Of course your local library might not have the film/show you want or the bluray is prohibitaly expensive or not even available in your region, in which case the arrrrrr stack of software can get you what you need automagically.
::: spoiler *
Only theaters (and people willing to drop several hundred dollars) get access to the 300GB+ uncompressed movie data DCP, so a 70GB 4K bluray rip (H.265 with Dolby Vision) is indistinguishable unless you put it on a theater sized projector and painstakingly look for differences in quality.
TV Shows however don't get streamed in such high quality (and definitely not broadcast), so the bluray is the definitive top quality version of the media, and you can tell the difference in quality from a stream rip vs a bluray rip. The uncompressed version is a project file sitting on the studio's server that you will never see or practically need (unless it gets shown in theater in which case the studio may opt to make a DCP).
... Mostrar másDVD is limited to a 4GB size, bluray bumps that to 40/80GB which allows for virtually full quality media*.
Of course your local library might not have the film/show you want or the bluray is prohibitaly expensive or not even available in your region, in which case the arrrrrr stack of software can get you what you need automagically.
::: spoiler *
Only theaters (and people willing to drop several hundred dollars) get access to the 300GB+ uncompressed movie data DCP, so a 70GB 4K bluray rip (H.265 with Dolby Vision) is indistinguishable unless you put it on a theater sized projector and painstakingly look for differences in quality.
TV Shows however don't get streamed in such high quality (and definitely not broadcast), so the bluray is the definitive top quality version of the media, and you can tell the difference in quality from a stream rip vs a bluray rip. The uncompressed version is a project file sitting on the studio's server that you will never see or practically need (unless it gets shown in theater in which case the studio may opt to make a DCP).
I'm pretty sure there is some insane group out there that torrents DCPs but I've never seen them lol.
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